About Benedict

Welcome message from Benedict

Hello – and welcome to my website. I hope you'll find something of interest here – whether you're a seasoned adventurer, an aspiring explorer or simply someone who shares my passion for finding out more about the least understood corners of this planet.

To introduce myself: sometimes I'm described as an "explorer" other times an "adventurer" or "writer," or just as a "cat who's used up six of his nine lives." As I see it, though, I'm just the son of a test pilot who shares his father's desire to get out there on a clear mission, then report back. But I believe that we all, in our own way, share this explorer instinct to investigate the unknown. It's part of what makes us human.

So I also hope that this site in some way encourages you if you are facing challenges nearer at hand, whether at work, school or home. Nowadays we tend to think that our planet is fully explored, but of course we understand very little about the world even at our doorstep.